Check-book.



E. E. I-IAMIL'IONIl CHECK BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1909.

Patented June 21, 1910.

3M wm for Z ELWOOD E, HAMILTON, 0F ALFRED, NEW YORK.

CHECK-BOOK.

Application filed September 1, 1909.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ELwooD E. HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Alfred, in the county of Allegany and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Check-Book, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in check books and one object is to provide a pocket check book which will contain, in addition to a number of checks, a record `sheet upon which may be made a record of checks drawn against the account, and also a record of deposits made to the credit of the account.

A further object of the invention is to secure the checks and record sheets within a foldable cover in such a manner that they may be readily removed and new ones substituted therefor.

These objects are attained by the use of the device hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Figure 1 is a plan view of a book embodying the invention showing the same opened for use. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the device showing the manner of folding the same to permit it to be placed in the pocket. Fig. 3 is a sectional view, taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a plan view of a modification, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view of the modification.

In the drawings, 1 denotes a foldable cover which is preferably made in three panels to inclose the checks. The checks 2 are bound together to form a pad about the size of one panel. This may be done by sewing or otherwise securing them within a backing 3 which is folded over the ends of the checks, as shown most clearly in Fig. 3, and is then extended inward under the bottom check, as indicated at 4 in said Fig. 3. The record sheet 5 is perforated along one margin, as indicated at 6, the perforations being arranged in the same line as the perforations 7 in the pad of checks. The record sheet is arranged beneath the pad of checks between the same and the inwardly extending portion 4 of the backing, and is secured to the backing in the same manner that the checks are secured. The record sheet may be of any desired length so as to provide a space 8 for entering each check which may be drawn upon the account and the spaces 8, constituting the record of checks drawn, are

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented J une 21, 1910.

Serial No. 515,595.

provided on that panel of the sheet which will appear below the pad of checks arranged in position for writing, as will be readily understood on reference to Fig. 1. At the margin of the sheet are ruled columns 9 for entry of the amount of the individual checks drawn, and also of the running balance which will be left in the account after the check has been paid and an intermediate column 9 for the entry of memoranda. The record may be printed on both faces of the sheet, and the sheet may be folded on itself so as to. have additional panels, as indicated at 11 in Fig. 2. That panel of the sheet which appears above the pad of checks is ruled to provide a series of columns 12 which may be used as a record of deposits made by the owner of the book in the same manner as an ordinary bank pass book is used. The pad of checks with the attached record sheet is attached to the cover 1, so as to eX- tend across the central panel thereof, by pasting or otherwise binding the extended portion 4 of the backing 3 to the cover.

When the book is not in use, the side panels of the cover are folded over upon the central panel, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, so that the record sheet will fold over upon the checks and the side panels of the cover will overlap and inclose the entire record sheet and pad of checks, the device being thereby brought into a small compass so that it may be readily placed within a vest or coat pocket and carried conveniently.

.It will be observed that by my device the use of a separate pass book is rendered unnecessary and the ordinary stubs attached to the individual checks are dispensed with so that a shorter check than usual may be used and, consequently, a smaller book than has heretofore been used may be satisfactorily employed. When the record sheet has been filled it may be removed by tearing along the line of perforations and filed away for future reference. When the device is open for the making of entries of the filling of a check, the cover or back will furnish a firm, smooth surface for writing.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated a modied form of binding in which the checks are removably secured within the cover. In this form of the device a metal clip 13 is secured at the edge of the central panel of the cover and the said clip is provided with an overhanging engaging lip or hook which is adapted to engage the end of the backing 14 secured to the perforated margin of the pad of checks. The corner of the backing is slipped into engagement with one end of the clip and the backing is then pushed sidewise along the said clip so as to be held thereby. As shown in F ig. 5, the ends of the lower checks are cut away so as to present a recess l5 within which the edge of the clip 13 may play but the clip may be accommodated by extending the backing beyond the checks or otherwise providing space for the overhanging lip. The record sheet is not shown in these figures but it will be understood, of cou-rse, that the sheet will be used with this form of the device 4as well as in 'the form illustrated in Figs. l, 2 and 3. When this form of the invent-ion is used the cover may be made of durable material and the supply of checks repeatedly replenished by simply removing the end of the used pad and inserting a new pad into engagement with the clip.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. The combination of va cover, a record sheet placed within said cover and perforated near one margin, a pad of checks placed over lthe record sheet and provided near one end with a row of perforations registering with the line of perforations in the record sheet, and binding applied to the cover, the record sheet, and the checks between the perforat-ions and the adjacent edge of the sheet.

2. The combination of a cover made in panels, a record sheet within the cover and also made in panels, a pad of checks of the size of one panel placed over a panel of said sheet and provided near one end with a row of perforations, and binding applied to the pad beyond said perforations and to that panel of the sheet and cover.

3. The combination of a cover made in panels, a pad of checks perforated across one end, a backing" extending over said end beyond the perforations and beneath the bottom check, a record sheet longer than the width of the checks and located between the bottom check and that portion of the backing beneath it and perforated in line with the perforations of the checks, and binding applied to the pad of checks beyond their perfor-ations, to that panel of the cover, and to the sheet where interposed between them.

4. The combination ofy a cover made in three panels, a pad of checks of the size of one panel disposed above the intermediate panel of the cover and perforated across one end, a record sheet of the size of the cover and disposed between it and the pad and perforated on a line registering with the perforations of the pad, and binding applied to the pad and to the intermediate panels of the sheet and cover.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto alliXed my signature in vthe presence of two witnesses.

ELVOOD E. HAMILTON.

Vitnesses E. A. GAMBLE, C. W. SissoN. 

